Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1fc27725842b1d2a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-07-02 00:02:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: ec0c716f5eff426cd4b8f7d1b6805c3b SHA-1: ce76448174ee6bb1ed78c5bac005b8e8ed9029ff SHA-256: 1fc27725842b1d2a37be86d658173666aa7ab4fec97c72889eb6fd459092ff75
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress instances. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' confirms the nature of the document as a link farm on potentially disposable hosting.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=2+branches+of+congress
    • http://vtracauto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089b2c18c3a7---46330320544.pdf
    • http://ggmtc.net/userfiles/files/nekunazujewixebukoxude.pdf
    • https://omomediacion.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7c2b4cb5db9732eafc1c96e60ca25a9/21994690082.pdf
    • https://tirthmobile.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3mb9f5ganb83qvsm0p7m7egseh/xilelujusetozovitonaxar.pdf
    • http://hani-bee.com/userfiles/files/lubapogowofezefeso.pdf
    • http://www.theflightfest.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4e9e3c78d7---nafilojokapuzuvolakukepu.pdf
    • https://www.adelaarenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/noqmjels4p0digqkq40c3s9qif/41633506982.pdf
    • https://www.revistadefiesta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a34fe27336---rarazamikefamiwul.pdf
    • https://choiceenergynetwork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51056e0466133091bedf253dcb6a0ff4/83246750105.pdf
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160859d5ac5aad---12375586077.pdf
    • http://jointrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160960b4beaf70---92611109133.pdf
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607163675fbfa---gerorimofexoda.pdf
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160876f6eaec33---9809685337.pdf
    • https://eliteswimmingpoolsinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gqqvmbb77qq7h22qsvr3u8l217/41502029829.pdf
    • https://alice-immo.com/userfiles/file/87797204123.pdf
    • https://sportsht.com/userfiles/file/kemazunitesapunujevanir.pdf
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160755a3eb1e81---lirazowizaduxabagufewavat.pdf
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1ae52d19a0---tikonixerizafubibijofeti.pdf
    • http://malbreil.com/userfiles/file/titeriga.pdf
    • http://www.ambredore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac666d47167---35540615239.pdf
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e4257bd96e---53019766613.pdf
    • http://www.reroofingbrisbaneqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e7c9f36acc---64627512046.pdf
    • http://lovewhereyoulv.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a7c41a944f5d4d842a47a5727c9a99fa/nutapeb.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ed8a.bin
51ee10cd67ec3fb689c2eadb50eb8828d35f1a2a9df073178d147d6d9b74218c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED8A 17528 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011bc2.bin
33c5533eb657e9078e13496792de56941a38df2e126ad7f0d703c6a479766dd2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BC2 10544 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000133cb.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133CB 16792 bytes